Seleukid Genealogies and Biographies

Philip I

Genealogy  •  References

Genealogy

Ruler:	Philip I Epiphanes Philadelphos (“Philip the Illustrious, loving one’s brother”), Seleukid King, born c. 124 - 112/111 BC, reigned 93 - 83 BC, died c. 83 BC (probably of natural causes)1
Father:	Antiochos VIII Epiphanes Philometor Kallinikos, Seleukid King, born c. 142 BC (son of Demetrios II Nikator, Seleukid King, and Kleopatra Thea Eueteria, Queen of the Seleukid Empire), reigned 126/5 - 97/6 BC, died 97/6 BC (killed by one of his generals, Herakleon)
Mother:	Kleopatra Tryphaina (alternative spelling Kleopatra Tryphaena), Queen of the Seleukid Empire, born c. 141/0 BC (daughter of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, called Physcon or Kakergetes, King of Egypt, and Kleopatra III Euergetis, Queen of Egypt), married Antiochos VIII in 124 BC (as his first wife), died 112/1 BC (executed by Antiochos IX Philopator, Seleukid King)
Siblings:	(Kleopatra Tryphaina was probably the mother of all children of Antiochos VIII.2)
	(1) Seleukos VI Epiphanes Nikator, Seleukid King, born c. 124 - 112/111 BC (the eldest brother), reigned 97/6 - 94 BC, died 94 BC (died in Mopsuhestia during an uprising against him)
	(2) Antiochos XI Epiphanes Philadelphos (twin of Philip I), Seleukid King, born c. 124 - 112/111 BC, reigned c. 93 BC, died c. 93 BC (drawned while fording the river Orontes after his defeat by Antiochos X)
	(3) Demetrios III Theos Philopator Soter, Seleukid King, born c. 124 - 112/111 BC, reigned 97/6 - 88/7 BC (defeated and captured by the Parthians), died later in the comfortable Parthian captivity by sickness
	(4) Antiochos XII Dionysos Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos, Seleukid King, born c. 124 - 112/111 BC (the youngest son), reigned 87/6 - 84/3 BC, died 84/3 BC (killed in battle with the Arabs)
	(5) Laodike Thea, wife of Mithridates I Kallinikos, King of Commagene3
Wife:	unknown
Child:	Philip II Philoromaios,4 Seleukid King, date of birth unknown, reigned 67/6 BC (or maybe 67/6 - 66/5 BC), died in or after 57 BC

¹ It is also possible that he was killed or driven out by Tigranes II, King of Armenia.

² Kleopatra Tryphaina was certainly the mother of Antiochos XI and Philip I and presumably the mother of Seleukos VI, Demetrios III, Antiochos XII and Laodike Thea. It is possible that Antiochos VIII had a second wife in the near-decade between the death of Kleopatra Tryphaina and his marriage to Kleopatra Selene in 103/2 BC but there is no evidence for it. (Bennett, Egyptian Royal Genealogy: Tryphaena, Cleopatra Selene)

³ Their son, Antiochos I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen, was the builder of the Nemrud monument. See, e.g., the website of The International Nemrud Foundation.

⁴ For more information see the page devoted to Philip II’s genealogy

References:

Bennett, Christopher J.: Egyptian Royal Genealogy. Website, http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/index.htm (Geocities Mirror: http://www.geocities.com/christopherjbennett/).